This was the last in a series of Operatic commercials for Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Produced and aired in 1969. The ad agency was Leo Burnett, Chicago.
Credits: Writer: Joel Hochberg
Art Director: Don Keller
Producer: Rudy Behlmer
Director: Howard Morris
Actress: Miko Mayama
Miko Mayama: She played Yeoman Tamura in the original Star Trek series episode "A Taste of Armagedon".
WarrenChu000 11 months ago
God, I haven't seen this in like forever! I was about five when it ran.
JonesyLedZeppelin 1 year ago
Really? Can you not see the humor in this?
torresongs2 2 years ago
I'm with ohbabyray. I'll never forget the ... "No more Rice Krispies, we are out of Rice Krispies, My tears will not stop...till I hear snap, crackle, pop" Pagliacci send-up. Brilliant.
drumminman58 2 years ago 2
Also -- do you have the commercial that sent up Pagliacci? That commercial is imprinted on my childhood. In that one, a man's Rice Krispies were eaten up by his mother-in-law ("It's here sixteenth visit so far this year (cries)!"). Hilarious.
ohbabyray 2 years ago
Any info on the actor playing Pinkerton?
ohbabyray 2 years ago
this makes me sad inside.
Hey! At least he stayed with her this time... even if it was just for the rice krispies.
brasilsong3 2 years ago 2
Actually, it's an American.
ogiovetti 2 years ago
Because no one in the commercial making business has any imagination anymore. All they do is keep recycling old songs, now they are even stealing songs from old TV shows! Or they are so artsy fartsy you have no idea what they are trying to sell.
mchi59 2 years ago
Whats so funny about it? This is a famous opera, its about the love affair between a Japanese girl and an Englishman.
mchi59 2 years ago